package //
// This software is now distributed according to
// the Lesser Gnu Public License. Please see
// http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.txt for
// the details.
// -- Happy Computing!
//
com.stevesoft.pat;

import java.util.Hashtable;

/**
 * The idea behind this class is simply to eliminate the need for testing to see
 * if Regex.thePattern is null. Every instruction we can eliminate from _search
 * will help.
 */
public class NoPattern extends Pattern {

	public String toString() {
		return "(?e=#)[^#d#D]";
	}

	public int matchInternal(int i, Pthings p) {
		return -1;
	}

	Pattern clone1(Hashtable h) {
		return new NoPattern();
	}
}
